Friday, February 18, 2011

Protests in Libya: Gaddafi sent his son in troubled region

In Libya, the demonstrations will continue despite the brutal reaction of the regime. Now head of state, Gaddafi sends one of his sons to appease the opponents of the regime: in the troubled region of Benghazi, he is to bring the infrastructure back on track. The protests in Libya are endless: in Benghazi on Friday once again thousands of demonstrators against head of state Muammar al-Gaddafi demonstration.


According to eyewitnesses, soldiers patrolled the streets of the second-largest city in the country. Later, in Benghazi and elsewhere several government opponents are buried that were killed on Thursday in fierce clashes with security forces. According to Human Rights Watch since the protests began at least 24 demonstrators have been killed.

Security forces had fired on opponents to disperse the quantities, the human rights organization said Friday, citing witnesses. The heaviest clashes took place in the city, therefore Baida in the east of the country. The staff of the local hospital had requested additional material after about 70 had been admitted with gunshot wounds of injured opponents.

A patient that security forces killed by the use of live ammunition, 16 people, such as Human Rights Watch further informed. In Benghazi should therefore have been armed with knives, men in civilian clothes among the security forces. After the bloody unrest in the country will send one of his sons leader Gaddafi to the center of the uprising.

The Libyan newspaper Al-Watan "reported on Friday, Saadi al-Gaddafi wants to transfer his residence to Benghazi. There he was to implement an action plan to improve infrastructure. The protests in the country were not mentioned in the context. The transmitter should CNN showed images of the Libyan state television on Friday to demonstrate public support for Gaddafi: government supporters in Tripoli.

Some of them surrounded the limousine of the leaders who pushed his way through the capital. On the roadside, people stood with Gaddafi portraits. Gaddafi has over 40 years in power. Many Libyans complain of unemployment, injustice, and limited political freedoms. Nevertheless some observers as a popular uprising in neighboring Egypt was unlikely.

For the Libyan leadership can turn up the oil and thus also the money supply and reduce most social problems. Also in Bahrain on Friday, thousands demonstrated against their government. After the bloody clashes on Thursday, activists and members of three victims of police violence buried.

According to eyewitness reports gathered on Friday around 15,000 people to the "Martyrs' funerals." It was peaceful, the police not bothering the mourners. However, formed in the capital Manama two smaller demonstration trains - a demonstration was directed against government and ruling family, a second was organized by supporters of the royal family.

The violence was escalating in Bahrain recently, especially in the United States observed the clashes between opponents of the regime and security forces with growing concern. Hillary Clinton condemned the violence used against demonstrators sharp. The U.S. Secretary of State said he was "deeply concerned" about the situation in the Gulf state.

The high Sheikh Issa Qassem Shiite clerics accused the government on Friday, "a massacre" committed against the demonstrators have. Thousands of faithful gathered outside the mosque, where he held the Friday prayer. Demonstrations in Yemen and in Egypt in clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Yemen arrived on Thursday evening, three people died.

In the city of Aden in the south killed it within 48 hours five people on the edge of opposition protests. In other countries in the Middle East to keep the protests. The democracy movement in Egypt called for Friday to a new mass rally on Tahrir Square in Cairo. This is the "victory" over Hosni Mubarak celebrated.

The demonstrations to overthrow Mubarak, according to preliminary government figures, at least 365 people were killed. Further 5,500 people had been injured during the 18-day protests, the Health Ministry said, according to state media reports. For a week there in Egypt, the military.

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